The Rigseason 2 has revealed new information, including a first look.The Rigis a sci-fi thriller seriesabout a group of Scottish oil rig workers who, right before a journey back to the mainland, are surrounded by a fog that contains supernatural forces. Theseries premiered on Prime Video in 2023and had six episodes. The cast included Emily Hampshire, Iain Glen, Molly Vevers, Abraham Popoola, Rochenda Sandall, Martin Compston, Owen Teale, and Stuart McQuarrie.
As perDeadline, new information has been revealed aboutThe Rigseason 2. The new cast includes Alice Krige, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Ross Anderson, and Johannes Roaldsen Fürst. Returning to the series are Hampshire, Compston, Glen, Sandall, Teale, Addy, Vevers, Popoola, Parmar and McQuarrie. Season 2 will also change the setting forThe Rig,this time taking the workers to an Arctic glacier.In addition to this new info, three first-look images have been revealed forseason 2. Check out the images below:
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The Rig’s Setting Has Shifted
In addition, the report also revealed the first synopsis forseason 2.The Rigseason 2 will be “taking the surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo to a new secret offshore facility called the Stac,” which will be in the Arctic Circle. The team will thenhave to handle the “physical fallout of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Bravo.“The synopsis also hinted at terrifying new obstacles, teasing “new threats from the dark depths of the world’s ocean.” The full synopsis can be found below:
The series begins with helicopters taking the surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo to a new secret offshore facility called the Stac, nestled deep in the extraordinary and deadly landscapes of the Arctic Circle. Here, the trapped crew must deal with the emotional and physical fallout of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Bravo, and contend with swirling conspiracies, corporate conflicts, and new threats from the dark depths of the world’s ocean.
The Rigseason 2 will see a drastic change in settingfrom the first to the second season. The premiere series saw the team positioned in the middle of the ocean in the North Sea, between Scotland and Norway. While the sophomore season will also be nautical in nature, glaciers, and ice will also play a huge role in the setting. This change can already be witnessed through one of the first-look photos, which shows two ofThe Rigcharacterson the ice.
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The Rig Crew Will See New Obstacles
From this initial description, it seems like these upcoming episodes will spend a lot of time grappling with the consequences ofThe Rigseason 1 ending. Given the tease about the “new threats from the dark depths,“it seems like the Bravo reconstruction efforts could quickly be disrupted in this upcoming season.This will create a smattering of new challenges in this high-stakes second season, whose setting promises a similar but elevated danger from the initial season.
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The Rig is a supernatural thriller series exclusively for Amazon Prime Video that centers on a Scottish Oil rig. When the crewmates of the Kinloch Bravo are set to return to mainland Scottland, a mysterious fog rolls in that cuts all communication with the outside world. Now finding themselves on the edge of sanity from an assault of supernatural forces, the crew must overcome their paranoia and fear to survive the unknown.
